title: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery: evaluation, surgery, and follow-up of 250 patients.
abstract: Although much has been written about the surgical technique of functional endoscopic sinus surgery, little has appeared about its long-term results. Two hundred fifty patients underwent endoscopic nasal office evaluations and subsequent functional endoscopic sinus surgery (42 unilateral + 208 bilateral = 458 procedures) for nasal polyposis and chronic sinusitis from January 1986 to June 1988. Immediate postoperative data indicated that 8.3% developed minor complications and 0.7% developed major complications. Two hundred twenty-one patients were available for long-term follow-up at 12 to 42 months (mean = 17 months) with success rates of 89.7% for relief of sinonasal polyposis and 80.2% for relief of chronic sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery